This document summarizes the recruitment process and common recruitment approaches. It discusses the stages of recruitment including job analysis, sourcing candidates, screening and selecting candidates. It also outlines different recruitment approaches such as in-house recruitment using internal recruiters or employee referrals, outsourcing to external recruiters, using employment agencies, executive search firms, and internet recruitment services like websites, job search engines, and social media recruiting.
2. Recruitment refers to the process of
attracting, screening, selecting, and
onboarding a qualified person for a job.
At the strategic level it may involve the
development of anemployer brand which
includes an 'employee offering'.
3. The stages of the recruitment process include:
• job analysis and developing a person specification;
• the sourcing of candidates by networking,
• advertising, or other search methods;
• matching candidates to job requirements and
screening individuals using testing (skills or personality
assessment);
• assessment of candidates'
• motivations and their fit with organisational
requirements by interviewing and other assessment
techniques.
• The recruitment process also includes the making and
finalising of job offers and the induction and
onboarding of new employees.
5. 1. Job analysis
The starting point to a recruitment effort is to perform a job
analysis and/or in some cases a task analysis, to document the
actual or intended requirements of the job. From these the
relevant information is captured in such documents as job
descriptions and job specifications.
2. Sourcing
Sourcing is the use of one or more strategies to attract or
identify candidates to fill job vacancies. It may involve internal
and/or external advertising, using appropriate media, such as
local or national newspapers, specialist recruitment
media, professional publications, window advertisements, job
centres, or in a variety of ways via the internet.
7. Recruitment approaches
1. In-house recruitment
a. Internal recruiters
b. Employee referral
2. Outsourcing
3. Employment agencies
4. Executive search firms ("Headhunters")
5. Internet recruitment services
a. Recruitment websites
b. Job search engines
c. Social recruiting
8. 1. In-house recruitment
• a. Internal recruiters
An internal recruiter (alternatively in-house
recruiter or corporate recruiter) is member of
a company or organization and typically works in the human
resources (HR) department. Internal recruiters may be multi-
functional, serving in an HR generalist role or in a specific role
focusing all their time on recruiting.
• b. Employee referral
• An employee referral program is a system where existing
employees recommend prospective candidates for the
job offered, and if the suggested candidate is hired, the
employee who referred receives a cash bonus.
9. 2.Outsourcing
An external recruitment provider may suit small organisations
without the facilities to recruit. In typically the largest
organisations a formal contract for services has been
negotiated with a specialist recruitment consultancy. These
are known in the industry as Recruitment Process
Outsourcing.
3. Employment agencies
The commercial recruitment industry is based on the goal of
providing a candidate to a client for a price. At one end of the
spectrum there are agencies that are paid only if they deliver
a candidate that successfully stays with the client beyond the
agreed probationary period.
10. 3. Executive search firms ("Headhunters")
An executive search firm or "headhunter" are industry terms for a
third-party recruiters who seeks out candidates often when normal
recruitment efforts have failed. Headhunters are generally
considered more aggressive than in-house recruiters or may have
pre-existing industry experience and contacts.
• They may use advanced sales techniques.
• They may also purchase expensive lists of names and job titles but
more often will generate their own lists.
• They may arrange a meeting or a formal interview between their
client and the candidate and will usually prepare the candidate for
the interview, help negotiate the salary and conduct closure to the
search.
• They are frequently members in good standing of industry trade
groups and associations. Headhunters will often attend trade shows
and other meetings nationally or even internationally that may be
attended by potential candidates and hiring managers